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THE FIELD OF LITERATURE.
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Principles of Art. Part I, ART in History;
Part III, Art in Theory. By John c. Van Dyke,
librarian OF the Sage library. New Brunswick,
n. j. The author holds that art is but index
of the age in which it is produced, outgrowth
of its surroundings. Dividing art into three
stages he shows that the first stage in which
art is Initiative. decorative, or symbolic" is IL
Illustrated in the history of primitive man, and of
savage life not only in the past bntin the present.
and in the civilization of ancient Egypt. The
second stage, in which art is classical and sym
metrica" is shown in the civilization of Greece
And the third stage, or that or emotional. in
tellectnal and individual art;;' is instanced III
early Christian times, in the renaissance period,
end In the nineteenth century. In Part Ii the
anshor shows that art in Theory is consistent
with art in realty. Hero he argues that art is
simply n language, and painting but the express
sion of the artists ideas. Ideas and their kinds
are then treated Of to show what classes Of them
are suitable for pictorial representation This
Is followed by chapter Subject" another
on Expression" and the manner of painting;
and finally one the Individuality" of the
the book are admirable. New York: Fords,
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The Apocryphal Life of Jesus by Rev.
Bernhard Pick, is life of Jesus according to
extracanonical sources 1t is literary Curl
osity aud not without value. There can be
doubt that besides the narratives contained in
the Four Gospels there were from very early
times other narratives and legends concerning
the life, sayings ard doings of Jesus some of
which attributed to one Or another of the
apostles or the early disciples of j esus--such
the called Gospel of Nicode mus" While
none of these 'Apocryphal Gospels" be
placed ut all in srhe same order with the Four
Gospels of the New Testament. adj of them are
nd of ham Df vol,
throwing light upon the development of Chris
tian sentiment and modes of thought in the
ages which followed not very long after the
time of the apostles. The author has translated
these ancient narratives and ma de of them an
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The latest addition to Houghton, Mifln g.
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York, the Planting and Growth of the Empire
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ga Century of Electricity" by T. G. Menden-
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Terre Haure, is sketch of the growth of the
science of electricity during the last hundred
years, or from its origin. The author disclaims
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Theology of Evolution lecture by E. D
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o scientific student and thinker sufficiently rec
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nhe same field This lecture is mainly pro
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"Guizots History of France" an edition @
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